Global progress in reducing hunger during the 2000s stalled in 2010, and leading to an increase in undernourishment in several countries starting in 2014. The 2017, 2018 and 2019 editions of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World analysed the three main drivers challenging food...
Author(s)
Azzini, G. C.; Conti, V.; Holleman, C.; Smulders, M.
Publisher
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy
Citation
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Studies, 2022, 23, pp x + 54 pp.
Native Americans make up less than 2% of the population of the USA, but suffer from some of the highest rates of food insecurity, poverty, diet-related diseases, and other socioeconomic challenges. This study examined unique attributes of food security in Native American communities in the Klamath...
Author(s)
Sowerwine, J.; Mucioki, M.; Sarna-Wojcicki, D.; Hillman, L.
Publisher
Springer, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Food Security, 2019, 11, 3, pp 579-607
This paper aims to better understand the resilience and further entrenchment of food aid through food banks in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. During the first months of the pandemic in the Netherlands, concerns quickly rose about the number of people falling into conditions of food...
Author(s)
Dekkinga, P.; Horst, H. van der; Andriessen, T.
Publisher
Springer, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Food Security, 2022, 14, 3, pp 781-789
Sub-Saharan Africa has suffered from persistent food insecurity in the past two decades. This chapter traces the evolution of food security as a concept, and the contribution of the World Food Programme to providing food security. The emphasis is on the role of food aid in reducing the degree of ...
Publisher
Taylor and Francis, New York, USA
Citation
The challenges of agricultural production and food security in Africa., 1992, pp 101-104
USDA makes sure that nutritious USDA Foods are made available to States, Indian Tribal Organizations and Emergency Feeding Organizations to help feed survivors of natural disasters and other emergencies when needed.
Publisher
Center for Academic Publications Japan, Tokyo, Japan
Citation
Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology, 2015, 61, Suppl., pp S14
The present paper reviews the growing body of literature on food insecurity and food bank use in the UK. It provides an overview of food insecurity in this context, followed by a description of the emergence of food banks, highlighting how any role that food banks play in the food insecure...
Author(s)
Loopstra, R.; Lambie-Mumford, H.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK
Citation
Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 2023, 82, 3, pp 253-263
The concept of food sovereignty is primarily taken as an alternative to the prevailing neoliberal food security model. However, the approach has hitherto not received adequate attention from policy makers. This could be because the discourse is marked by controversies and contradictions,...
Author(s)
Byaruhanga, R.; Isgren, E.
Publisher
Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cham, Switzerland
Citation
Food Ethics, 2023, 8, 2,
Background: Food security status has been assessed as a representative score for households; however, different members in the same household may perceive and report food insecurity differently. A high prevalence of food insecurity has been reported among Latino households, therefore understanding...
Author(s)
Nagao-Sato, S.; Druziako, S.; Baltaci, A.; Reyes, A. O. P.; Zhang, Y.; Choque, G. A. H.; Reicks, M.
Publisher
BioMed Central Ltd, London, UK
Citation
BMC Public Health, 2021, 21, 912, pp (13 May 2021)
Background: Local food systems which support affordable, equitable, accessible, and sustainable food are important to enhance food access and reduce food insecurity. Cardinia Shire Council, a local government in Victoria, Australia has developed and endorsed a 'Community Food Strategy' to support...
Author(s)
Molenaar, A.; Bucello, P.; Kleve, S.
Publisher
BioMed Central Ltd, London, UK
Citation
BMC Public Health, 2023, 23, 1996, pp (13 October 2023)
Without refute, a sustainable global food security can only be achieved when all folks have physical, social and economic access to safe, nutritious, and sufficient supply of food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for healthy life. To this end, quest to achieve this dream has been on ...
Author(s)
Bankefa, O. E.; Oladeji, S. J.; Ayilara-Akande, S. O.; Lasisi, M. M.
Publisher
Springer (India) Private Limited, New Delhi, India
Citation
Journal of Food Science and Technology (Mysore), 2020, 58, 6, pp 2041-2053